November 2019
Volume 20, Number 5
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Brighton Township residents Lydian and Jerry Fisher with Todd Taylor and Drew Grivna in Washington, DC.
US veterans experience visiting the war memorials in Washington, DC By Gina Mazza For Beaver County Senior News
It was a poignant moment.
One of the 40 US veterans— who all traveled together on October 3 to Washington, DC—slowly approached the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial. In his pocket was a crumpled scrap of paper. Written on it were the names of the comrades who’d served alongside him.
Nearing the wall, he caught sight of panel 61E. There they were . . . the names . . . all 90 of them, all killed on the same day. “What a moment that was,” expresses US Navy veteran Jerry Fisher of Brighton Township, who organizes the annual Veterans DC Bus Trips with his wife, Lydian. “There was not a dry eye around. It can be very emotional for these vets.” These free, one-day bus trips
were started in 2006 by Vietnam War veteran Jim Hilts of Coraopolis. His father was a World War II veteran who passed away before Jim could get him down to see the World War II Memorial. So Jim made a vow to get as many World War II veterans down to see the memorial “before it’s too late.” Jim was in charge of the trips for some time. When he was unable to continue, Jerry Continued on page 3
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